For the last few months, a story has been going around that the new James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, couldn’t drive the manual transmission of 007′s Aston Martin DBS. The rumor added fuel to the anti-Craig fire for both car enthusiasts and Bond fanatics. But it turns out those stories aren’t quite true. According to “those in the know,” Daniel Craig does, indeed, drive stick and he says you pretty much have to in England. “I’m glad that’s cleared up,” writes USA Today columnist Craig Wilson. “There are too many things wrong in this world today to add James Bond driving around in a car with an automatic transmission.” But Wilson is still irked by one thing. “I’m still mystified when I walk by a beautiful sports cars and see it’s an automatic. What’s the point, I wonder? Why would you spend all that money only to be on cruise control?” Agree with Wilson? Post your thoughts in the comment section…
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